First weigh in - 10lbs lost!

[treacletreat]

Wow, I almost cannot believe it!! I had my first weigh in today and I'm 10lbs lighter! I mean it makes sense that I would be considering I'm only eating about 500 kcal a day but I never expected the change to be that drastic so quickly!

I've decided this week I'll do SS+ for a couple of days and then move on to step 2 as I'm really missing food and have just received some zumba dvds which I want to start doing and think if I'm on a higher step I'll have a bit more energy

I'm so happy this is working for me, I've tried other diets in the past but never really stuck to them, well I'm sticking to this one!

 

[Pipaluk]

Well done on the loss so far.
However, I don't think eating only 500kcals a day is going to do you any good. A couple of lbs at a time is healthy, it's all about changing your eating habits for good. You will put the weight back on a lot more easily as well.

 

[treacletreat]

Sorry I didn't see your message for ages! Thanks for your concern (I mean that genuinely), I probably would have said exactly the same thing before this diet but it was one of those things I just had to try. I'm back up to 1000kcal now as I agree with you it's better to lose it slowly and the drastic calorie cut was a good kick start but I want to lose the rest through exercise. Anyway, good luck with yours, I hope your journey's leading you in the direction you want to go!

 

[pinkelle]

Hi,
welcome and good luck!!

Congrats on your great loss!!!

 

[Pipaluk]

1,000 calories is a lot better than 500! Although I would say 1,000-1,200 at a minimum. Sounds like you have it all worked out, good luck !

 

[Bun]

I'm calorie counting but don't think I could survive happily on less than 1500 a day!

 

[Lexie2005]

Great loss, well done but I agree, less than 1200 calories a day is not too good, MFP reckons on less than that your body goes in to starvation mode, I know the weeks I tried 1100 I had really really low losses